Author's note: I know it's been forever but I had lost a lot of ideas for this story, but I am updating as my way of saying sorry. Anyways I hope you like the chapter and don't forget to review!
Sesshomaru made his way through the empty halls of Naraku's castle. He walked gracefully down them, his every stide telling the world that he was royalty.
It was dead silent as Sesshomaru neared the room where Naraku and Kikyou held their throne chamber. He narrowed his eyes in digust. A half breed and a week mortal keeping a demon in chains to serve under them was lowly.
He had felt her strong demonic aura during their brief encounter last night. He knew that she possesed strong abilities.
Now the doors stood infront of him. Sesshomaru opened them loudly so that his presence would be known.
When he entered the room Naraku was smirking at the mound on the floor. He averted his eyes from Kagura to stare at Sesshomaru.
Kagura stood up on shaky legs. She walked to a corner and stood there like a statue. Her bangs covered her eyes as she watched Sesshomaru glare at her master.
"Good morning Lord Sesshomaru," Naraku snickered. He did a short bow then stood up to look into the cold icy voids that were Sesshomaru's eyes. "Something the matter?"
"Why don't we start this meeting. Don't waste my time half breed."
"That's no way to address a noble lord," Kikyou butted in.
Sesshomaru felt like rolling his eyes, but refrained from doing so. Naraku was a coward. He would trick his enemies into fighting one another so he wouldn't have to. He had a massive amount of slaves that were survivors from the wars that ragged on and would use them or kill them for the fun of it.
Sesshomaru directed his gaze towards Kikyou, who was wearing a ruby red dress decorated with expensive jems.
"You have no voice in this situation wench. I advise you to sit down and shut up."
Kikyou looked like she had been slapped across the face. She wasn't used to being treated like this. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared at the demon lord.
"Now Naraku what is it that you have planned for this meeting?"
"Well Lord Sesshomaru I think that it would be wise to write a letter of agreement, don't you agree?"
"And how do I know that a back stabber like you will not burn that paper to cinders then start up a new war?"
Naraku took a minute to think about it.
Kagura watched this all with amusement. Never in her life had she seen her lord be put down so many times. She couldn't help it, she laughed but it came out as a cough.
Naraku sharply turned his head in her direction. He narrowed his eyes and walked over to the imprisoned youkai.
Kagura trembled in fear as she heard her master raise a hand to hit her, but it stopped. She looked up to see Sesshomaru holding tightly onto Naraku's wrist, ready to break it at any given time.
"I don't see beating a demon, who could easily overpower you, in this meeting. Do it again and I won't hesitate to kill you."
"Now, now Lord Sesshomaru why not have some fun at this meeting too?"
Sesshomaru flexed his claws as a warning sign.
Naraku quickly regreted what he had said then continued to speak.
"And what do you think would be the best to stop this war?"
"For you to tell that pathetic army of yours to stop attacking my lands and come to some sort of understanding."
"But I do not own this army."
"You rule over them don't you? Show some authority over those fools and tell them to stop, or I'll personally aid my army on this stupid war and end it once and for all. And let me assure you that none of those men will be left alive."
"There will be no need to come to those actions my Lord."
Kagura was feeling like something that she had never felt before, was it happiness? Did it come from the fact that she might be freed from this hell and would just have to look back at it like it was just some nightmare?
She didn't know..
Narkau's voice broke through her thoughts.
"So what will it be?"
Sesshomaru was silent, glaring at the hanyou that stood before him. In a split second the demon lord darted towards Naraku and beheaded him.
The corpse fell to the wooden floor with a thud.
Kagura felt a gasp start to rise in her throat. Her sides started to tremble. A weak smile formed on her lips as she stared down at her master's fallen body. Kagura stepped forward to bow to Sesshomaru until she dropped but the happiness, her first smile,everything stopped when she heard Naraku's voice.
It was distant at first. Then he started to cackle and his voice grew louder and louder until it felt like he was in the very castle walls themselves.
"So Sesshomaru did you think you could kill me so easily? I think not."
Sesshomaru almost, almost smirked at the hanyou's pathectic little speech. He turned around and began walking towards the door. He pushed it open with a clawed hand and stepped out of the throne room.
Once in the hallway Sesshomaru alerted all of his senses. He placed a hand on his sword just incase the fool decided to pull something. It would result with Naraku being decapitated and there was nothing more than doing that, that Sesshomaru wanted to do at the moment.
A floor board creaked.
Sesshomaru swung around and pointed his sword at the thing's neck.
Kagura fell backwards and onto her butt. She looked up at Sesshomaru with fright stricken across her face.
The youkai lord drew the sword back and stared at Kagura with emotionless eyes.
He turned around and started walking but something caused him to turn around.
Kagura was coughing.
"If you have somthing to say, then say it now before that worthless hanyou tries anything."
Sesshomaru was answered only by silence.
Kagura coughed once more, clutching her throat that burned when she tried to speak. She looked at Sesshomaru and pointed to her mouth then made a hadn gesture that clearly told him that she couldn't speack, that she was a mute.
"What has caused you to act this way?" He knew that she couldn't speak but he knew that she could tell him somehow, he would just have to figure that out.
Kagura looked at the ground and then pointed to a massive scar that ran down her right arm. Sesshomaru knew who had given her that scar and knew who the one was that had caused her to got mute.
Naraku.
Sesshomaru's eyes darted to the side. He jumped out of the way as two large tentcle like things burst from the wall, sperating Kagura from Sesshomaru.
"So Naraku you finally decided to show yourself?" The taiyouaki said while he pulled out his sword and went into a battle stance.
"Sesshomaru!" Naraku cackled. "You will become one with me!"
The tentcles whiplashed towards Sesshomaru, but he quickly side stepped out of the way. He raised his sword and cut them into tiny pieces, making sure not to hurt the demoness in the process of doing so.
"The deal is off Naraku, the last thing you'll ever see is my blade before I chop your head off." Sesshomaru brought the sword down one more time, creating a large cloud of dust. He began to walk away, making Naraku believe that he had surrendered.
Kagura stood up quickly and began running after Sesshomaru.
The taiyoukai turned around when he heard the demoness cough and sputter in the dust.
Suddenly she tripped on her chains and was being pulled back by something that was hiding in the shadows.
It was Naraku.
Kagura dug her nails into the floorboards, not wanting to be taken back into the hell that she lived everday.
She wanted to scream, to feel her throat vibrate as she did so, but she couldn't. It was all Naraku's falt.
The hanyou pulled on the chains one more time until Kagura was right in front of him. He smiled wickedly then began to rip at the demoness, who just sat still and took it.
Hey, it was life and it wasn't pretty.
When Naraku was done mauling the bloody demoness he turned around and saw that Sesshomaru wasn't there. He figured that the almighty demon lord must have fled.
Kagura stared down the dark, empty hallway through her tear filled eyes. She had lost her only life line out of this nightmare.
Sesshomaru stood on a hill watching the castle. He put his sword back and turned around, heading back to his lands.
He would return once more.
Someday...